A YOUNG Syrian refugee was reunited with his elder brother on Thursday night, after a groundbreaking court ruling ordered that four young people stranded in the Calais refugee camp be brought to Britain.

The 17-year-old was overcome with emotion as he met his brother in London, who was smuggled into the country in a tomato lorry.

Refugee Aid campaigners said they were “delighted” with the development but said that the Conservative government still has a lot to answer for and criticised its slow response to the refugee crisis.

Standing outside St Pancras railway station, the teenager said: “I feel so thankful because I would never have imagined I would be reunited with my brother.

“I thank every person who was part of this process — they have saved lives. They have saved people from death. I thank Britain as a whole.”

He described the conditions in Calais’s refugee camp — nicknamed the Jungle — as “intolerable” and “not fit for humans.”

The young man added that his “main hope and aspiration” was achieved by being reunited with his brother 18 months after they last saw each other in their hometown of Daraa in south-western Syria.

He now wants to complete his education and go on to become a lawyer, “to help people like lawyers have helped me,” he said.

Migrant suport group London2Calais, who had been involved in the process of bringing three minors and one disabled adult to Britain, said the government wasn’t doing enough.

Founder Mona Dohle told the Star: “We are of course delighted that the first four refugees have been able to travel safely into Britain.

“But now it is time to raise a whole new set of questions: Why has it taken so many months of campaigning to allow a safe passage for children into the UK?

“How can it be acceptable that this ruling does not apply to refugees like four-year-old Bahar and other children, simply because they don’t qualify as unaccompanied minors?

“No-one, regardless of where they are from or how old they are should have to live under these conditions,” she said.

“Let’s stop talking about events like the death of 15-year-old Masud as a tragedy, like this was an unavoidable, natural disaster.

“This wasn’t a tragedy, this was murder, and the address of his killer is 10 Downing Street. It is time to hold the government accountable.”

Shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott will join Stand up to Racism campaigners today as they visit the camp in Calais.